Tom gives us a great write up on tri shoes and fit on his site. The Shimano seems to give you a lot for the money. When you say the shoes should fit snug does that mean your toes should touch the end of the shoe? All your toes? Just the big toe? What do you all think. I wear a size 9 1/2 to 10 running shoe as does Tom and he’s using a 41 shimano if I’m not mistaken. Seems small. I tried on the 42 and that seems too small but probably not, just very snug as it should.
Scott
hey scott,
i bought a pair of sidi geniuses before i read tom’s write up, and the salesperson suggested i should make sure they “were comfortable”, i.e., fit like a regular shoe, with no heel slippage. in retrospect, i wish i had seen tom’s advice first. after sweating in them and breaking them in, they have stretched a small amount, and i feel like i don’t have the secure fit that i would have had i made sure they were quite snug when purchased. as tom mentions (i think), don’t bother standing in them as that is not how you’ll be riding in them (for the most part). so–IMO–snugger is better.
good luck–toad
How much will they stretch? I’m looking a a number of Tri shoes, because I’m so slow in T1. (A half a*# T1 last weekend would have put mein the top 3 in my AG {small race!})
I’m concerned that if I’m touching the end, barefooted, I’m gonna get blisters. I don’t want to buy two pairs.
hey doc,
i would defer to tom on this one…the stretch was both lateral and maybe a small amount front-to-back, with the net result being that i feel my feet aren’t quite as connected to the pedals as i would like.
that being said, i wonder if having enough room that your toes aren’t touching might actually be worse, blister wise…when i am trying to pedal circles, i am pulling and pushing within the shoe, and i think that i would want my foot to be firmly up against my shoe in that case.
i hear you on not wanting to buy shoes twice…i wrote to sidi about the stretch but never heard back from them…
good luck --toad
I wear a 10-10 1/2 Nike running shoe. I squeeze into a 42 pogio though. I just don’t tighten the straps much at all. Nike cycling shoes tend to be wider. Any other shoe I’d probably be a 42 1/2 at least.
As for actual fit, it should feel snug, but it shouldn’t cut off circulation. A little toe movement is fine for me, but your heel-through-midfoot shouldn’t move at all. When you get a shoe that fits you’ll know it. It’s like wearing an athletic sock.
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I wear a 11 1/2 - 12 in most running shoes. Some of my street shoes are 45 some 45 1/2. MY sock use Shimano’s are 47, but I seem to fit well through the midfoot in the Shimano46 Tri, barefoot. I’m tight into the end in my friend’s 45 Sidi’s. I touch the end in the Sarnac 45’s LG 45’s, but am WAY too loose in the LG 46’s (the LBS didn’t have the 45.5). I like the absence of a tongue (The tongue’s sometimes dig into my ankle.) and the idea of the two buckles on the Sidi to maximize and distribute the midfoot pressure. Maybe that’s not really that important??? Any comments??
I know that’s no exactly well written,but…hey…it’s Friday.
where is this article on shoes that you guys are talking about
please help
thanks
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Great article. Thanks.
I agree
thanks for the link
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